This approach, though being useful, I did not always like using. I would rather reset my own properties for the element I see behaving differently or better style it right away.

A newer way for having your elements react similarly on different browsers is by using normalize.css , though this one is more HTML5 focused, and this is where the web is going if not there already..

The advantages would be mainly that it preserves some of the defaults which may be useful and not inconsistent with browsers. This is handy rather than resetting everything to zeros. With this being said, you will have more control over your elements styling. It also corrects some bugs which are not corrected by CSS. Here’s a full of list of the advantages of using normalize.css.